Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus. Common name: Eastern Figwort. Phenology: Mid Jul-Oct. Habitat: Moist to dry, nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: QC west to MN, south to SC, ne. GA, Panhandle FL, LA, and ne. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Pennell (1935); < Scrophularia marilandica L. — FNA17; Scrophularia marilandica L. Basionym: Scrophularia marilandica L. 1753
Links to other floras: < Scrophularia marilandica - FNA17
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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© Alan Cressler: scrophularia marilandica, along sharp mountain creek, cherokee county, georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Scrophularia marilandica, Cohutta Mountain, Chattahoochee National Forest, Fannin County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of moist to dry, nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.
Stems: Stems 4-sided and grooved, branching above in inflorescence, smooth below and glandular-hairy above.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, each pair at right angles to the next, petiolate, oval to lance-shaped, 4-10 in. long, toothed, smooth or hairy above, usually hairy beneath.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in large, widely branching terminal panicle with glandular-hairy branches; reddish-green outside and maroon inside; about 1/3 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular and sac-shaped with a yellow down-curved lower lip and longer, 2-lobed, maroon upper lip. The style curves down over the lower lip.
Fruits: Fruit a round to oval, shiny-surfaced capsule.
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Height: 1 1/2-8 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of moist to dry, nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.
stems: Stems 4-sided and grooved, branching above in inflorescence, smooth below and glandular-hairy above.
leaves: Leaves opposite, each pair at right angles to the next, petiolate, oval to lance-shaped, 4-10 in. long, toothed, smooth or hairy above, usually hairy beneath.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in large, widely branching terminal panicle with glandular-hairy branches; reddish-green outside and maroon inside; about 1/3 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular and sac-shaped with a yellow down-curved lower lip and longer, 2-lobed, maroon upper lip. The style curves down over the lower lip.
fruits: Fruit a round to oval, shiny-surfaced capsule.
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